| The NES manual's back cover names Sunsoft, a division of Sun Corporation of America, of Wood Dale, Illinois; it says the software rights and game design were sublicensed from Ocean Software, and gives © 1988 Sun Corporation of America. The film's trademark is Hemdale's, and the booklet was printed in Japan. | back cover (PDF p. 24)back cover (PDF p. 24)back cover (PDF p. 24)back cover (PDF p. 24)back cover (PDF p. 24) | Manual |
| The NES manual bases the game on the award-winning film and splits it into four stages: Jungle & Village, Tunnel System, The Bunker, and 3-D Jungle. | printed p. 2 (PDF p. 4)printed p. 2 (PDF p. 4) | Manual |
| In the NES manual's first stage the player leads the platoon through the jungle to a village, finds explosives to blow up the bridge to it, and searches huts for objects and a trap door to the tunnels. The platoon has five members, each lost after four hits, and the game ends when all five are gone or when six innocent villagers have been shot, which also lowers morale. | printed p. 3 (PDF p. 5)printed p. 3 (PDF p. 5)printed p. 5 (PDF p. 7)printed p. 5 (PDF p. 7)printed p. 5 (PDF p. 7) | Manual |
| In the second stage one soldier goes alone through the trap door into the tunnels, shoots guerrillas, and must find the flares and compass the later stages need; there he has two lives of four hits each. | printed p. 10 (PDF p. 12)printed p. 10 (PDF p. 12)printed p. 10 (PDF p. 12)printed p. 13 (PDF p. 15) | Manual |
| In the third stage, in a foxhole at night, the player launches flares and shoots guerrillas with an M-16, holding them off until morning; firing gives the player's position away to other enemies. | printed p. 14 (PDF p. 16)printed p. 14 (PDF p. 16)printed p. 14 (PDF p. 16) | Manual |
| In the fourth stage the area is to be napalmed in four minutes; the player reaches safe ground and must put five direct hits into Sergeant Barnes's foxhole. Here a soldier is lost after five hits from shots, barbed wire, or mines, and losing two ends the game. | printed p. 18 (PDF p. 20)printed p. 18 (PDF p. 20)printed p. 20 (PDF p. 22) | Manual |